This cube is a great starter for people new to 2x2, it has decent corner cutting and feels great out of the box. Lubing it with Lunar or Martian gives it great speed, but I think Martian is better due to the control it gives. The one flaw I've found with the cube is it will lock up on a very small corner cut every once in a while, and it completely stops all turning until you take pressure off the cube. All in all great to start with but once you get around 7 seconds or want to learn a faster method (i.e. EG1 [I use Ortega because I'm too lazy to learn more algs]) I would recommend buying the MGC Elite or the Valk.